How to use a gif on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Whether it sharing a gif or making a gif, we all love them gifs. From browsing Giphy for the perfect movie gifsto having a laugh on your social media news feed. But frustrating, though, when you don’t know how to use them, right? I thought I’d share how to use gifs on social media pages like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Gifs on Facebook:

There was a time long, long ago where posting gifs was only via the Facebook status update bar. No more. Now you can also respond with gifs thanks to a nifty Google Chrome Extensions to use. Here’s what you need to know about gifs on Facebook.

When posting a gif:

Images uploaded directly to Facebook as GIFs won’t work.

Functionality of GIFs on brand pages is restricted. Facebook confirms that GIFs will not be available on Pages or for use in Facebook ads. Notes the company, “While Pages cannot currently post GIFs, we are exploring ways to enable this in the future.”)

No. 4 is loopholed via tumblr and GIPHY

GIFs tend to automatically animate in the Facebook native mobile application, but not on the mobile website.